In the run to to the awards season, The Hollywood Reporter speaks frankly to the creators and directors of some of this year’s biggest animated films, including Toy Story 3, Despicable Me and Megamind. Click on the links for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 to hear their thoughts on a variety of issues, […]

Disney’s 50th animated classic, Tangled, opens today in 3,603 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The critical consensus has been very positive, with the film garnering a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes (and an even better 95% from the top critics). It’s being compared favorably to The Lion King and Aladdin, and a few have even […]

Universal Pictures has just released the first teaser trailer for Hop, which can be watched exclusively at MovieFone. The live-action/animated comedy hops into theaters next Easter.

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced the DVD release of Studio Ghibli’s Tales from Earthsea on March 8, 2011. Based on the Earthsea book series by Ursula K. Le Guin, and directed by Goro Miyazaki, Tales from Earthsea features the voices of Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin and Mariska Hargitay. Extras on this release […]

In an exclusive interview to Collider, the legendary artist Glen Keane discusses hair, the journey of computer animation, and also the various roles he played in Tangled over the years. Keane was originally slated to co-direct Disney’s Tangled, which is all set to hit theatres on November 24th.

Two new trailers for the upcoming Family Guy Star Wars special It’s a Trap can now be viewed online over at Screen Rant. Both previews are direct parodies of the original theatrical trailers for Return of the Jedi, the Star Wars movie which the special spoofs. Starring Peter Griffin as Han Solo, Lois Griffin as […]

Warner Bros.’ epic animated feature Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole is set to land on DVD and Blu-Ray next month, DVD Active is reporting. Extras on the release will include artwork galleries, a music video and Fur of Flying, the CGI Looney Tunes short that was shown before the film during its theatrical run. […]

Walt Disney Pictures has just released the trailer for their upcoming Mars Needs Moms, which can be viewed at ComingSoon.net. The site also has a batch of new images from the film. Using the same technology used to create The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol, Mars Needs Moms blasts off into theaters next spring.

Pixar Animation Studios has announced new pricing for its RenderMan Pro Server software via an announcement which can be read here:

In celebration of the Despicable Me 3D, Blu-ray and DVD release, Universal Studios Home Entertainment is launching its new Minion Madness groundbreaking points-based reward and social marketing program spotlighting the film’s endearingly mischievous sidekick characters. More details and clips follow here:

A press release announcing the production and releases of two African-made animated features, Zambezia and Khumba, may be read here:

TV show and iPhone app In The Qube traveled to Singapore earlier this year, for the opening of a world-touring exhibition celebrating 25 Years of Pixar Animation Studios. Currently showing at the Oakland Museum of California in Los Angeles until January, a video clip may be viewed here:

As announced by The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Animation Festival, hosted at Cinefamily’s Silent Movie Theatre between December 3-7, will honor stop-motion innovator Will Vinton with a 25th anniversary screening of The Adventures Of Mark Twain and a lineup of his short films. Vinton will be on hand for an awards presentation and to […]

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced the release of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind on Blu-ray on March 8, 2011, on a BD/DVD combo pack, reports Blu-ray. Nausicaa will become Studio Ghibli’s first catalog title released on Blu-ray in the US. Features on this release will include, “The World of Ghibli”, “Behind […]

/Film shares the first poster for Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming flick Hop which gives the first look at Russell Brand as the computer animated Easter Bunny. Scripted by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio and Brian Lynch, and directed by Tim Hill, Hop opens in theaters on April 1st, 2011.

DVDActive reports that Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo releases of Alpha and Omega for January 11th. Extras on this release will include a deleted scene, 4 featurettes (“Wolves in the Wild”, “The Alpha of Animation”, “Voicing the Wolves”, “From Alpha to Omega”), a Log Sliding interactive game, “Are You and Alpha […]

ComingSoon.net has just posted a brand new image from the upcoming Cars 2 on their website. The image shows Cars stars Lightning McQueen and Mater apparently driving away from an explosion of some kind. Meanwhile, Yahoo! Movies has a new teaser poster of the film, and has announced that a new trailer is expected to go online sometime […]

The Wrap is reporting that 15 films are offically going to be up for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature this year. Due to rules, this means that only three movies will be nominated. Two pictures that are considered locks by almost everyone are DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon and Disney & Pixar’s Toy Story 3, […]

DreamWorks’ Megamind earned another first place finish at the box office with $30.1 million in its second week, according to EW.com. It’s cumulative total is $89.8 million.

Cover art for Blu-ray editions of two of Walt Disney’s animated classics, the 60th Anniversary Edition of Alice In Wonderland and the Diamond Edition release of Bambi, has been revealed and can be seen here:

The Internet Movie Poster Awards have recently posted a second teaser poster for DreamWorks Amimation’s Kung Fu Panda 2. On a note of interest, none of the sequel’s marketing so far has used the film’s subtitle, The Kaboom of Doom. The anticipated release comes to theaters on May 27th.

Springfield’s favorite family isn’t looking to retire anytime soon, as Fox has just greenlit a 23rd season of the show. The series, of course, is the longest running primetime cartoon show in history, with more than 450 episodes to date.

In what would seem to be an official greenlight for a project that’s been long-rumored at the studio, Disney has hired Iron Man director/actor Jon Favreau to helm their Magic Kingdom movie. Details on the project are extremely fuzzy for the time being, although its speculated that it will involve several classic Disney characters working […]

Disney has just revealed the very first trailer for next summer’s Winnie the Pooh. Although not much is known about the plot at this point, it is said to involve Pooh and his friends going on a quest to find Eeyore’s missing tail, with elements from five of A. A. Milne’s original Pooh stories. New […]

Walt Disney Pictures has just revealed the final trailer for Tron: Legacy on their official Youtube page. The new preview has lots of new footage from the film, so viewers are warned of possible spoilers. Tron: Legacy opens everywhere this Christmas.

DreamWorks Animation’s MegaMind was able to easily rule the box office this weekend, with a very solid debut of $47 million, Box Office Mojo is reporting. Although it made slightly less than some were anticipating, the animated comedy is expected to have strong legs, especially since Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 will no […]

ComingSoon.net has just posted the first teaser trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2. The trailer is currently being shown on the big screen with 3-D prints of the studio’s MegaMind. Meanwhile, the Internet Movie Poster Awards has recently revealed a teaser poster for the film. Starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie and Gary Oldman, […]

After releasing the first images from Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn last week, Empire Magazine shares new images from the big screen adaptation of Tintin, reports Collider. One of these new images gives first look at the Thomson twins, the thief Silk and the mysterious Barnaby, played and voiced […]